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Bessie Leland 1906 - 1976

Bessie Leland of Vienna, Fairfax County, VA was born on March 15, 1906, and died at age 70 years old in April 1976.
Bessie Leland
Vienna, Fairfax County, VA 22180
March 15, 1906
April 1976
Female
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Bessie Leland's History: 1906 - 1976

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  • 03/15
    1906

    Birthday

    March 15, 1906
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  • 04/dd
    1976

    Death

    April 1976
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    Unknown
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    Bessie Leland lived 6 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1906, in the year that Bessie Leland was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1912, she was only 6 years old when New Mexico became the 47th state of the Union in January. Previously a province of Mexico, then a territory of the United States and mostly populated by Native Americans and Mexicans, once it became a U.S. territory it was increasingly colonized by European-American settlers. Its population was over 327,000 when it became a state.
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